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Marathon training improves perceived stress, self-efficacy, and aerobic fitness in adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
textLack of physical activity among adolescents in the United States is leading to a concerning pattern of mental and physical health outcomes. Physical activity interventions, especially those that take place during school hours, have attempted to ...
Brown, Kathryn Parvin
core   +1 more source

‘Vitamins’, shortcuts, and athletic citizenship in Ethiopia and Cameroon: considering sporting ethics beyond biomedicine « Vitamines », courts‐circuits et citoyenneté sportive en Éthiopie et au Cameroun : l’éthique du sport, au‐delà de la biomédecine

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article argues that the current way of thinking about ethics in sport in primarily biomedical terms, and in particular in terms of the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances, fails to account for broader notions of sporting ethics and fairness in the Global South.
Michael Crawley, Uroš Kovač
wiley   +1 more source

Age Differences in Pacing in Endurance Running: Comparison between Marathon and Half-Marathon Men and Women

open access: yesMedicina, 2019
Background and Objective: The increased popularity of marathons and half-marathons has led to a significant increase in the number of master runners worldwide.
Ivan Cuk   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Morphology of Toponyms: What Greek Inflectional Paradigms Can Teach us

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 77-96, March 2025.
Abstract The research is a contribution to the investigation of the grammatical status of toponyms from the point of view of inflectional paradigmatic morphology. By examining data from Standard Modern Greek, as well as select data from its historical development, the analysis reveals that the inflectional morphology of toponyms shows significant ...
Michail I. Marinis
wiley   +1 more source

Bowling in Hawaii: Examining the Effectiveness of Sports-Based Tourism Strategies [PDF]

open access: yes
We use daily airplane arrival data from Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to determine the net change in tourism for a variety of sporting events.
Chihiro Muroi   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

$1.00 per RT #BostonMarathon #PrayForBoston: analyzing fake content on Twitter [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This study found that 29% of the most viral content on Twitter during the Boston bombing crisis were rumors and fake content.AbstractOnline social media has emerged as one of the prominent channels for dissemination of information during real world ...
Aditi Gupta   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Returning to Marathons: Complete Restoration of Exercise with Runner's Dystonia After Globus Pallidus Internus Deep Brain Stimulation

open access: yes
Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Arthur Thevathasan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 ...
Jack G. R. Wippell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The virtue of running a marathon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Running a marathon is not solely a personal achievement; rather it sets an example. Because of the nature of this example, it constitutes an achievement that deserves our praise (contrary to what has recently been argued in this Journal)
Gozzano, Simone
core  

The WHO Pandemic Agreement Negotiation: Introducing a New Database (The Pandemic Agreement Database)

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In May 2025, the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a historic pandemic agreement following 3 years of intensive and complex multilateral negotiations. By providing primary data on the negotiation process, the Pandemic Agreement Database supports empirical and scholarly research across multiple dimensions of global ...
Kevin Parthenay, Petra Godoy
wiley   +1 more source

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